How to tighten the hinges on a slow close toilet seat?

I have a close coupled mini toilet with a slow close seat. It appears that to access the seat fastenings and hinges you have to remove hinge covers using an allen key at the back of the hinge covers. The fixings for the seat are hidden in the close coupled seat. I want to tighten the seat fixings to the toilet but I do not want to risk any damage to the slow close mechanism if the allen key 'route' is not the correct way to remove the covers. Any advice will be appreciated.

The seat on my Sanicompact is loose. I can't get to the screw to tighten. Do I need to remove the toilet to tighten the seat???The seat on my Sanicompact is loose. I can't get to the screw to tighten. Do I need to remove the toilet to tighten the seat???

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there is 1 of two ways.
easy way is have a look where the seat mounts to the toilet and see if there is a cover that you can lift up and find a screw under it. there might be 2 pins on each side of the toilet seat hinge that you depress for you to remove the seat from the hinges to access the screws.
failing the above method the toilet has to be removed to access the screws / wingnuts from under neath. send closer picture of hinge on seat if you like.

A lot of these slow closing toilet seats don't work well, so I suggest an alternative, Drop-a-Seat cushions. They stick on to the bottom of the toilet seat, allow you to drop any toilet seat, gravity does all the work, and the cushions absorb the impact. They're non-absorbent, stick on for easy installation (permanent yet removable), and are only $4.99. Check them out at www.drop-a-seat.com

where the hinges sit, use a small screwdriver and prise off the top chrome cover.Under neath are the securing screws for the seat. tighten these carefully until seat is secure, then replace the covers.

Martin, Jacuzzi has a one year warranty on toilet seats so if you have defective seats and they were purchased less than a year it is covered you will have to find a dealer near you, I provided a link for you to accomplish this. How is the seat attached? There should be two plastic screws with a nut on the underside which can be tightened these tend to loosen and nee re-tightening every so often. I hope this has helped. Thanks for using FIXYA, good luck and have a great day. Jeff

Most generic seats have a thin plastic cap that snaps in place over the bolt heads just behind the seat. Normally they hinge backwards so carefully pop them open with a flat blade screwdriver. Sometimes you can tighten the bolts from underneath even.

If the screws don't tighten the either the screw threads are stripped or the attachment nut is stripped. Take the screw and nut to any hmoe repair center and get new ones. remember don't over-tighten then screws as this will crack the unit.